Copy/Paste Error

[EjayH]

Hi Rick... not Morty here!

 

Is it just me or do others get an error when hitting CTRL-C and CTRL-V in quick succession? There is no crash log, just a popup error saying there is an Unauthorised Access Error on OpenClipboard function.  

 

My suggestion is that when I hit the COPY, the clipboard is locked and data is captured to it... if you hit PASTE before the copy is done, the clipboard is locked and the error occurs. It happens sporadically and it's not linked to say copying a large image section. But I only get it if I CTRL-C-V quickly. Can't there be a wait and retry built into the code?

 

 

paintnet 5.0.1 
There was an error getting the image from the clipboard. 
Exception : 
System. UnauthorizedAccessException: OpenClipboard ( ) 
returned FALSE (5, ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED)

Edited February 9, 2023 by EjayH
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[Rick Brewster]

You're copying from Paint.NET, and pasting into Paint.NET? Shouldn't be possible to get the error in that case, since you can't do anything else while the copying is in progress

 

I've seen this happen if you copy from, say, Chrome and then do a paste into PDN faster than Chrome is able to copy to the clipboard.

 

Even if a retry loop is added, it'll only help when the copy operation fits within the timeout/retry loop's duration. The moment you try to copy a larger image, you'll just get the same error. It can't be a bulletproof solution, in other words.

[EjayH]

Thanks Rick.

Edited February 9, 2023 by EjayH
Ignorance

[Tactilis]

Quote

been using it since PSP became bloatware in the late-90's and I found this in about 2003 or 4 if memory serves when I was final year varsity - v1 or 1.1.. then you jumped to v2... but I could be way off... it's too many years ago.  Yesterday I wanted to send a bank payment receipt but wanted to remove my huge bank balance

I'm not sure that your "huge bank balance" or the other personal history you have given is relevant.

It's best to include only pertinent details in problem reports. You write it only once - but it is read by 100s of people.

[Tactilis]

18 minutes ago, EjayH said:

Definitely a copy within Paint.net and then a quick fire paste into the exact same image

Why are you CTRL+C copying the image and then immediately CTRL+V pasting "into the exact same image"? What is the purpose of that operation?

[andyz]

I can confirm this is an issue, at least with a fast Ctrl c/v on a large image - obviously you might want to copy and paste from a section of an image to duplicate it. Not sure if this error would be easy to get in general use but even on a fast computer it is repeatable - you  get an error about getting the image from the clipboard:

 

Exception:

System.UnauthorizedAccessException: OpenClipboard() returned FALSE (5, ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED)
   at PaintDotNet.Interop.WindowsUtil.ThrowWin32Error(String message, Int32 lastWin32Error) in D:\src\pdn\src\Windows\Interop\WindowsUtil.cs:line 24
   at PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.Clipboard.ClipboardTransaction.Create(IClipboard clipboard, HWND hwnd) in D:\src\pdn\src\SystemLayer\Clipboard\ClipboardTransaction.cs:line 62
   at PaintDotNet.Actions.PasteImageAction.<PerformActionImpl>b__5_0() in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Actions\PasteImageAction.cs:line 94
   at PaintDotNet.Runtime.RetryManager.RunMemorySensitiveOperation[T,TFunc](Int32 maxAttempts, TFunc& func) in D:\src\pdn\src\Base\Runtime\RetryManager.cs:line 227
   at PaintDotNet.Actions.PasteImageAction.PerformActionImpl() in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Actions\PasteImageAction.cs:line 91

 

Application                                          paint.net 5.0.2 (Stable 5.2.8451.6614)
Build Date                                           20 February 2023

Windows 11
 

Edited February 22, 2023 by andyz

[Rick Brewster]

@andyz, I'm unable to replicate this on my Ryzen 7950X if I rapidly press Ctrl+C Ctrl+V. If you've got more specific reproduction instructions, please post them.